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Health Canada says stronger warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours are being added to prescribing information for all drugs used to manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...

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The condo lifestyle is catching on in North America, especially for people who want to stay central and enjoy all the perks of big-city living. The catchphrase these days is "build up, not out," as big...

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You can now use your smartphone to unlock the front door, dim the lights and run the bath. Whether your motivation is security, convenience, environmental concerns, or all three, home automation is where we've arrived.

United Cabs has come out with its own mobile app that allows you to order a cab using your smartphone. "We have to go with the times," says Troy Larmer, general manager for The United Group. "We needed to improve customer service and the ability for our customers to reach out and get to us."

It was a year of dramatic goodbyes and sweet hellos. In 2014 we said farewell to Jim Flaherty, Canada's former finance minister who died suddenly in April, and so long to a Canadianowned Tim Hortons. On the flip side, we said hello to two new iPhones that rekindled investors' love affair with Apple and plunging oil prices.

Sawed-off shotguns, phones and methamphetamine found during a traffic stop by Saskatoon police led to three people facing nearly four dozen drug- and weapons-related charges. The shotguns, eight cell phones, nearly four grams of methamphetamine, plus drug paraphernalia, were found Tuesday around 4 a.m. in a truck after patrol officers noticed the vehicle being driven erratically. Officers pulled the truck over in the area of Avenue W and 21st Street West, at which time they learned it had been stolen from the Warman area.

Thanks to advances in lighting technology, suburban dads (and moms) like the patriarch in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation have a lot to choose from when it comes to creative ways to deck their halls for the holidays this year.

BlackBerry Ltd. chief executive officer John Chen said he wouldn't be able to accept a takeover offer from a Chinese company even if he got one because Western governments that rely on his phones probably wouldn't allow it.